About Hamburg in Germany

Situated about 60 miles from the North Sea estuary of the Elbe River, Hamburg is the country's second largest city, with a population of 1.7 million. Its port is the largest port of Germany and one of Europe's largest ports. Its harbor handles about an half of Germany's imports. It is also media capital of Germany. Also known as "The Green City on the Water", Hamburg is covered with plenty of parks and lawns in the city. It is renowned for one of the greenest city in the world. Nowadays, Hamburg has become a beautiful, elegant, verdant and modern city, as well as a cultural and musical center. Hamburg is also the most important railway junction on the route to Northern Europe.

Hamburg boasts more than 2300 bridges over canals in the city. In the heart of the city, the Alster lake is ideal place for rowing and sailing. Hamburg offers the finest exhibitions and performances in many of museums and theatres to visitors. There are Altonaer Theater, Theater im Zimmer, Theater Allee, Schauspielhaus, Ernst-Deutsch-Theater, Hansa Theater, English Theatre, St. Pauli Theater and so on. St. Michaelis is Hamburg's main Protestant church. The Rodin exhibit and the Hamburg Dungeon are two notable museums that documents Hamburg history . Built of red brick with gables and turrets, The Speicherstadt is a hundred year old warehouse complex, which is the oldest one in the world. Hamburg Dungeon showcases the dark side of the city's history. Hamburg is known for giving the Beatles a start in their musical career in the early 1960s.